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1. PRINSEP, JAMES (1799-1840)

Reference (shelfmark):
PRINSEP, JAMES (1799-1840)
Title:
PRINSEP, JAMES (1799-1840) Seventh son of John Prinsep, brother of William (q.v.). Assistant Assay Master, Calcutta Mint,1819; Assay Master, Benares ...
Scope & Content:
PRINSEP, JAMES (1799-1840) Seventh son of John Prinsep, brother of William (q.v.). Assistant Assay Master, Calcutta Mint,1819; Assay Master, Benares Mint, 1820-30; Deputy Assay Master, Calcutta Mint, 1830; Assay Master, Calcutta Mint, 1832-38. A great scholar interested in chemistry, mineralo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1832
Extent:
17 items

2. WD2873

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2873
Title:
An English lady and gentleman standing in the richly furnished drawing-room of a European-style house with french windows opening on to a pillared veranda, probably in Calcutta. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
An English lady and gentleman standing in the richly furnished drawing-room of a European-style house with french windows opening on to a pillared veranda, probably in Calcutta. c.1830. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘J. Prinsep’. Pen-and-ink; 8 by 9.75 ins. Purchased 20 February 1967.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD4041

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4041
Title:
Domestic interior with a group in conversation around a games table, two army officers admiring an oil painting and another being shown a baby by a nursemaid, inscribed Benares.. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
Domestic interior with a group in conversation around a games table, two army officers admiring an oil painting and another being shown a baby by a nursemaid. Inscribed: ‘Benares 1820. JP’. Pen and ink and water-colour; 12.5 by 20 cm Purchased 1982.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item